Check Point Announces New SiteManager-1 SmallOffice

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 14, 2000 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced Check Point SiteManager-1 SmallOffice, integrating low-cost appliances running the Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 SmallOffice solution with Check Point's extensive service provider management solution. This newly expanded SiteManager-1 now enables Internet security service providers to deliver comprehensive managed security services at unprecedented price points for small and medium businesses.

Based on the industry-proven Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture, SiteManager-1 SmallOffice is the most scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solution for delivering managed security services to small and medium businesses. SiteManager-1 SmallOffice combines Check Point's industry-leading technology in highly scalable, multi-customer security management with new low-cost options for its award-winning VPN-1/FireWall-1 enforcement technology. The SiteManager-1 management software leverages Check Point's Provider-1 technology, the industry's only security solution that enables integrated, large-scale, centralized multi-domain customer management for telcos, service providers and large enterprises.

The new SiteManager-1 release provides a range of new enforcement points by integrating low-cost VPN-1/FireWall-1 SmallOffice-based appliances, such as those from Ramp Networks and Intrusion.com. It also integrates with UNIX or Windows NT servers or Nokia and other appliances running VPN-1/FireWall-1. SiteManager-1 SmallOffice is immediately available, through Check Point's worldwide network of distributors and authorized resellers.
"We see a growing opportunity for service providers to deliver managed security services to small and medium business connecting to the Internet," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of product management and business development at Check Point Software Technologies. "Check Point's new SiteManager-1 SmallOffice enables service providers to provide small and medium businesses with enterprise-class security at unprecedented, cost-effective price points."

About Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. 
The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the infrastructure that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN secures business-to-business (B2B) communications between networks, systems, applications and users across the Internet, Intranets and extranets. Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC) provides the framework for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 250 leading industry partners. For more information, please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com or at http://www.opsec.com.